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Crimes Of Paris Lyrics

Artist: Elvis Costello
Album: Blood & Chocolate

I thought it was you and your optimist's view of the clockAnd how it's always another dayJust after twelve o'clock's struckYou said "Now I only want you so I don't have to promise"But tiny children in grown-up clothes whispered all the Crimes of Paris

Chorus: You're not the girl next-door or a girl from FranceOr the cigarette-girl in the sizzle hot-pantsAll the words of love seem cruel and crassWhen you're tough and transparent as armoured glassYou're everywhere girl in an everyday messWho'll pay for the Crimes of Paris

I heard that you fell for the "Hell or to Hammersmith Blues"In the tiny torn up pieces of his mind he's irresistible tooNow it's hard to say now if he's only stupid or smartWhen he crawled through the doorAnd poured out more of his creeping-Jesus heart

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And it's all here and nowShe hit him with that paper-weight Eiffel TowerAnd I tried to hold on to you but I don't know howAnd I find it hard to swallow good adviceLike going down three times to only come up twice

She's so convenient, he's always stiff as hair-lacquerIt's hard to discover now he's in love with herIt was her way of getting her own backYou never did anything she couldn't do on her ownYou're as good as your word and that's no good to herYou'd better leave that kitten alone